Storyteller

'Storyteller' is a commemorative volume of work by a young Wellington poet, Simon Williamson, who died early at 31 and who was well known at pubs and local reading venues for his lively performances.

The poems collected here reveal a prolific and widely read writer, wide-ranging in his subjects - love, death, people, places, history, religion and politics - and who often told his stories by incorporating Maori mythology with contemporary living in a free market society. As well, the book forms a moving narrative of the development of a young man's mind towards spiritual peace.